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DEFINITION
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment.
Education Statistics > School enrollment, preprimary > % gross (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
East Timor :
382.52 % gross
2005
# 2
Belgium :
116.3 % gross
2004
# 3
Estonia :
114.35 % gross
2004
# 4
France :
113.52 % gross
2004
# 5
Cuba :
112.89 % gross
2005
# 6
Andorra :
112.88 % gross
2005
# 7
Netherlands Antilles :
112.85 % gross
2003
# 8
Israel :
111.99 % gross
2004
# 9
Spain :
111.47 % gross
2004
# 10
Malaysia :
107.53 % gross
2003
# 11
Czech Republic :
107.43 % gross
2004
# 12
Guyana :
106.27 % gross
2004
# 13
Belarus :
104.69 % gross
2005
# 14
Liechtenstein :
104.64 % gross
2004
# 15
Malta :
103.92 % gross
2004
# 16
Italy :
102.7 % gross
2004
# 17
Ireland :
102.62 % gross
1991
# 18
Australia :
102.41 % gross
2004
# 19
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
101.68 % gross
2005
# 20
Seychelles :
101.51 % gross
2004
# 21
Aruba :
98.77 % gross
2005
# 22
Germany :
96.77 % gross
2004
# 23
Mauritius :
95.48 % gross
2005
# 24
Switzerland :
94.51 % gross
2004
# 25
Iceland :
94.4 % gross
2004
# 26
Barbados :
93.16 % gross
2005
# 27
Cayman Islands :
92.99 % gross
2005
# 28
Jamaica :
92.48 % gross
2004
# 29
New Zealand :
92.41 % gross
2004
# 30
Macau :
92.16 % gross
2005
# 31
Slovakia :
92.1 % gross
2004
# 32
Denmark :
90.66 % gross
2004
# 33
Korea, South :
90.65 % gross
2005
# 34
Thailand :
90.28 % gross
2005
# 35
Austria :
89.31 % gross
2004
# 36
Suriname :
89.13 % gross
2005
# 37
Netherlands :
88.88 % gross
2004
= 38
Trinidad and Tobago :
85.81 % gross
2005
= 38
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
85.81 % gross
2005
# 40
Ukraine :
85.74 % gross
2005
# 41
Norway :
85.28 % gross
2004
# 42
Sweden :
85.11 % gross
2004
# 43
Japan :
84.81 % gross
2004
# 44
Russia :
84.71 % gross
2004
# 45
Mexico :
84.29 % gross
2004
# 46
Luxembourg :
83.34 % gross
2004
# 47
Hungary :
81.06 % gross
2004
# 48
Grenada :
80.57 % gross
2005
# 49
Latvia :
79.33 % gross
2004
# 50
Slovenia :
78.71 % gross
2004
# 51
Bulgaria :
77.82 % gross
2004
# 52
Dominica :
77.58 % gross
2005
# 53
Ecuador :
76.53 % gross
2005
# 54
Romania :
75.57 % gross
2004
# 55
Portugal :
75.52 % gross
2004
# 56
Kiribati :
74.62 % gross
2004
# 57
Lebanon :
74.13 % gross
2005
# 58
Saint Lucia :
73.64 % gross
2005
# 59
Kuwait :
72.93 % gross
2005
# 60
Costa Rica :
68.69 % gross
2005
# 61
Hong Kong :
68.55 % gross
2005
# 62
Canada :
67.56 % gross
2002
# 63
Brazil :
67.54 % gross
2003
# 64
Greece :
66.23 % gross
2004
# 65
Lithuania :
64.36 % gross
2004
# 66
United Arab Emirates :
64.34 % gross
2005
# 67
Palau :
63.59 % gross
2005
# 68
Moldova :
62.35 % gross
2005
# 69
Argentina :
61.98 % gross
2003
# 70
United States :
61.93 % gross
2004
# 71
Panama :
61.83 % gross
2005
# 72
Uruguay :
61.17 % gross
2003
# 73
Cyprus :
60.73 % gross
2004
# 74
Peru :
60.46 % gross
2004
# 75
Vietnam :
59.67 % gross
2005
# 76
United Kingdom :
58.99 % gross
2004
# 77
Papua New Guinea :
58.79 % gross
2003
# 78
Finland :
58.69 % gross
2004
# 79
Venezuela :
58.18 % gross
2005
# 80
Kenya :
53.91 % gross
2005
= 81
Cape Verde :
53.65 % gross
2005
= 81
Morocco :
53.65 % gross
2005
# 83
Poland :
52.51 % gross
2004
# 84
Brunei :
52.15 % gross
2005
# 85
Liberia :
52.09 % gross
2000
# 86
Vanuatu :
51.87 % gross
2002
# 87
Chile :
51.67 % gross
2004
# 88
Georgia :
50.87 % gross
2005
# 89
El Salvador :
50.62 % gross
2005
# 90
Pakistan :
50.47 % gross
2005
# 91
Bolivia :
49.64 % gross
2005
# 92
Marshall Islands :
49.62 % gross
2003
# 93
Albania :
49.47 % gross
2004
# 94
Samoa :
49.37 % gross
2004
# 95
Maldives :
49.18 % gross
2005
# 96
Croatia :
47.9 % gross
2004
# 97
Bahrain :
46.83 % gross
2005
# 98
Iran :
45.54 % gross
2005
# 99
Serbia and Montenegro :
43.71 % gross
2001
# 100
Zimbabwe :
43.2 % gross
2003
# 101
Ghana :
41.56 % gross
2005
# 102
Equatorial Guinea :
40.93 % gross
2005
# 103
Solomon Islands :
40.77 % gross
2003
# 104
Mongolia :
40.03 % gross
2005
# 105
Philippines :
39.94 % gross
2004
# 106
Colombia :
39.23 % gross
2005
# 107
South Africa :
37.46 % gross
2004
# 108
Nicaragua :
36.92 % gross
2005
# 109
Micronesia, Federated States of :
36.89 % gross
1999
# 110
Qatar :
36.47 % gross
2005
# 111
China :
36.01 % gross
2004
# 112
India :
35.88 % gross
2004
# 113
Nepal :
35.69 % gross
2005
# 114
Haiti :
34.17 % gross
1991
# 115
Kazakhstan :
33.94 % gross
2005
# 116
Dominican Republic :
33.83 % gross
2005
# 117
Lesotho :
33.52 % gross
2005
# 118
Honduras :
32.88 % gross
2004
# 119
Armenia :
32.67 % gross
2005
# 120
São Tomé and Príncipe :
32.19 % gross
2005
# 121
Macedonia, Republic of :
32.14 % gross
2004
# 122
Paraguay :
31.34 % gross
2003
# 123
Bahamas, The :
30.88 % gross
2003
# 124
Jordan :
29.64 % gross
2004
# 125
Azerbaijan :
29.16 % gross
2005
# 126
Namibia :
28.86 % gross
2004
# 127
Tanzania :
28.73 % gross
2005
# 128
Guatemala :
28.5 % gross
2005
# 129
Belize :
28.19 % gross
2005
# 130
Uzbekistan :
27.59 % gross
2004
# 131
Sudan :
25.45 % gross
2005
# 132
Cameroon :
24.73 % gross
2005
# 133
Angola :
23.09 % gross
1998
# 134
Tonga :
22.98 % gross
2005
# 135
Indonesia :
22.37 % gross
2004
# 136
Tunisia :
21.73 % gross
2003
# 137
Gambia, The :
18.24 % gross
2004
# 138
Swaziland :
18.17 % gross
2004
# 139
Fiji :
15.72 % gross
2005
# 140
Nigeria :
15.36 % gross
2005
# 141
Egypt :
14.37 % gross
2004
# 142
Gabon :
13.86 % gross
2002
# 143
Kyrgyzstan :
12.55 % gross
2005
# 144
Eritrea :
11.95 % gross
2005
# 145
Bangladesh :
10.86 % gross
2005
# 146
Syria :
10.37 % gross
2005
# 147
Saudi Arabia :
10.02 % gross
2005
# 148
Cambodia :
9.4 % gross
2005
# 149
Tajikistan :
9.33 % gross
2005
# 150
Laos :
9.08 % gross
2005
# 151
Turkey :
8.24 % gross
2004
# 152
Senegal :
7.86 % gross
2005
# 153
Madagascar :
7.62 % gross
2005
# 154
Libya :
7.61 % gross
2003
# 155
Oman :
7.11 % gross
2005
# 156
Guinea :
6.76 % gross
2005
# 157
Algeria :
6.05 % gross
2005
# 158
Congo, Republic of the :
5.8 % gross
2005
# 159
Iraq :
5.72 % gross
2005
# 160
Benin :
5.43 % gross
2005
# 161
Sierra Leone :
4.19 % gross
2005
# 162
Comoros :
3.27 % gross
2005
= 163
Côte d'Ivoire :
3.2 % gross
2003
= 163
Guinea-Bissau :
3.2 % gross
2001
# 165
Mali :
2.52 % gross
2004
# 166
Rwanda :
2.51 % gross
2002
# 167
Togo :
2.38 % gross
2004
# 168
Zambia :
2.21 % gross
1998
# 169
Ethiopia :
2.19 % gross
2005
# 170
Uganda :
2.07 % gross
2004
# 171
Burma :
2.01 % gross
2000
# 172
Burkina Faso :
1.94 % gross
2005
# 173
Burundi :
1.83 % gross
2005
# 174
Mauritania :
1.73 % gross
2005
# 175
Central African Republic :
1.7 % gross
2004
# 176
Niger :
1.4 % gross
2005
# 177
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
1.32 % gross
2003
# 178
Djibouti :
1.02 % gross
2005
# 179
Chad :
0.83 % gross
2005
# 180
Yemen :
0.77 % gross
2005
# 181
Afghanistan :
0.67 % gross
2004
Weighted average:
52.7 % gross
DEFINITION: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment.
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